diaper rash...HELP!!?

Question

I'm a new mom and my newborn has diaper rash. I change her diaper as soon as she goes, wipe really well, and put ointment and baby powder on her to keep her dry, and ease the pain. However, the ointment doesn't seem to be working. What else can I do to make it go away?? She's had it for about 3 days.

Answer 1

give her a lukewarm bath then...lie her on a towel and allow the air to aid in healing (no diaper)
and each time you do diaper her apply some desitin ~ & no powders (it's dangerous for baby to breath)

Answer 2

For one thing, you need to stop using baby powder because there are studdies out that baby powder causes lung disease in babies. It gets into their lungs. My babies pediatrician said to NEVER use it. With the diaper rash, it's obviously something that your feeding your baby. Do you breastfeed? Some thing that your eating mabey spicy food or green beans or something is causing your baby to have burn butt. Or are you using formula to feed your baby? Figure out what your eating that is causing it. If it's the formula, call your pediatrician and tell her/him about it and they can tell you a new formula to use. Stop using baby wipes too until you can clear the diaper rash up. The soap in the wipe could be irritating it more. My mom did this with all my sibblings was when you have to change to your babies diaper, instead of using wipes just lower their little bum into the bathroom or kitchen sink and rinse their little bum off under the tap and use a really mild soap like Johnsons baby soap and just use your bare hand and wash your babies bum that way instead of baby wipes until you can get the redness to go away. If it still doesn't go away then you might want to take her/him into the doctors. But good luck and PLEASE throw your baby powder away.

Good Luck!! Mother of 2 babies.

Answer 3

Do not use baby wipes when baby has a rash. Use warm plain water on a wash cloth clean diaper area, dry thoroughly without rubbing, use A&D ointment sparing on the little ones bottom it should clear up soon.

Answer 4

Stop, using baby powder on your baby. That doesn't have anything to do with diaper rash, but studies are now showing that baby powder is causing reproductive problems in girs, and it's not so good for their lungs. When you wipe her down use mild soap and water and make sure she really dry before you put the ointment on. good luck

Answer 5

My daughter has very sensitive skin and often gets a diaper rash. My mother who is a nurse in obstetrics suggested that I buy Canesten external cream and hydrocortisone cream and mix the two together. Mix a little in the palm of your hand and apply a thin layer over the rashy areas. After doing this you can put a layer of zinc cream overtop to protect it. Ask your pharmacist for help finding these things.....it's the same thing that your doctor would prescribe for a diaper rash! Hope this helps!

Oh...and forget about using the powder!!

Answer 6

I had the same problem with my son... some rashes seem to go away with different ointments, usually ones with a higher zinc oxide, "little goats" has 40%. My son had 2 problems, one he kept getting a yeast infection, which I thought was a diaper rash, so any over the counter yeast infection cream helped, like monistat. 2nd, he seemed to be sensitive to most diaper creams and when I started using just plain old vasaline they seemed to go away almost completely. Good luck.

Answer 7

first, don't use the ointment and the powder together, that's a bad idea

second, I'm a big big big big big fan of Johnson and Johnson medicated cornstarch. it costs the same as their baby powders do. My two youngest sons have horribly sensitive skin, and that clears it up in hours! It will help with the pain too. Pampers used to make rash care wipes, that didn't sting, but I haven't been able to find them lately. If it seems to sting when you wipe her, you may want to change to wet washcloths, until it clears up

third, I've had friends that swear but Bordeaux's (sp?) butt paste. I've never tried it, but they swear it's awesome!!
good luck!

Answer 8

There's something out there called Flander's Buttock Ointment. It's the greatest. Once the rash is gone, I recommend using Vaseline to prevent it from coming back.

Answer 9

Let her little tush air dry after a bath for about 10 minutes, dry her off really well and lay her on her stomach on a changing pad with a towel over it. Keep her in a warm place but let her tush get some air. It will really help. If it gets cracked and bleeding, or even close take her to the Dr. right away.
Good luck

Answer 10

Make sure her butt is dry before you apply the ointment or else you're just trapping the moisture in. The baby powder may be making it worse so stop using it (and baby powder in general isn't recommended because babies can breathe in the fine powder, look for one that's a roll on).